V26EI Station Build

With day break we had a look around to see what space was available, 3 Verticals for 80m 60m & 40m were put along the shore line with the Spider beam and hex beam setup behind the house. also between the beams is a vertical for 10 & 12 meters. #eidxg

Arrival in Antigua

After a late starting flight we had the pleasure of 1 hour 45 minutes in the immigration queue, there after followed a forty minute drive to out new QTH

Supporting us along the way

We would like to thank the following for supporting the EI DX Group in preparation for this trip. All funds were allocated to replacement equipment and new bandpass filters. if you would like to help us build towards the next DXPedition please use the donate button below.


Irish Radio Transmitters Society

Shannon Basin Radio Club

Dx Pedition Trophy

icom UK




V26EI Trip details

11 members of the EI DX Group will be QRV from the 24th of March to the 2nd of April 2023 from Antigua Island, NA-100 using the call V26EI. It is hoped to have the station built in time for the “CQ WW WPX SSB Contest”. The team will be running four IC-7300’s when fully setup and expect to operate all modes over the nine days. We hope to be QRV on 60m & 6m also subject to propagation.

Team members include.

Jeremy EI5GM – Team Leader, Thos EI2JD, Enda EI2II, Alain EI2KM, John EI4L, Dave EI4BZ, Jim EI4HH, Padraic EI5IX, Declan EI6FR, Declan EI9HQ, Dave EI9FBB

QSL Manager M0OXO

Logs will be posted to LOTW after the event.